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Snake, maybe you could cut the headlights and surrounding trim from the Welly and do the same with the lot front bumper and just swap the headlight sections? I was thinking about those tail lights and the poor fit. I wonder if you could just glue a thin peice of plastic to the top and bottom of the red lens and paint the strips black. Remember that black strip around the whole section of the tail lights and the peice between them? Wish I had thought of it when I was doing mine.

Tom, looks to me like what you got there is an AMT '50 convertible with the '51 grille, tail lights and hubcaps. Modelhaus did sell a conversion for the AMT kit and I think they also sold most, if not all of the pieces separately. That may be where the '51 parts came from. On a '51, the side trim wraps all the way around the rear. And the cut lines for the rear tires is a dead giveaway that it's the AMT body.

He did write the original story but it's a pretty common story that he was very upset with the way Roddenberry re-wrote and shot it.

And they could sell them in plastic bags to keep the costs down. Maybe put in some resin parts too to keep interest up. or was that to keep interest down and cost up? I can never keep that part strait.

Definitely one of the greatest from the great age of SF. And let's not forget "Terminator". which was kinda ripped off from a couple of his short stories.

Toys R us Canada is heavily advertising that they're not going anywhere for the last few months. They were sold to a different company and are not closing. Still no kits though.

Hope that post I made didn't sound too "snotty", it was meant to sound more "matter of fact" than it does when I read it back now ,, sorry about that. ANYWAY, Yup, Motor Wheel Corporation. The same company that made the Magnum 500. They sold the 500s as aftermarket as well as to the manufacturers.

Really? all the '70s GM pickup rally wheels I've seen in that style were 15". I've never seen them in 16. Chevy even put them on the '74 "Spirit of America" Impalas.

The small block 400 was also pretty common in the '70s fullsize Canadian Pontiacs. The '76 Perisienne 2 dr I used to own had a 400 4bbl small block in it. Pretty quick car too. I'd love to get a hold of another one to "warm up" a bit to put in my T/A.

Something to remember is that back in the late '60s and '70s "heavy" had another meaning besides a description of excess weight. The word was also used as slang for something or someone serious or to be taken seriously. With that in mind, it can also mean a Chevelle to be taken seriously.

It's been reissued 2 years ago and is still available now, what more could they do?

Like Russ said, was re-released less than two years ago in "Original Art Series" and regular version of the kit and are still currently available

Remember the original molds were hacked into a dirt track race car sometime in the '70s. Then is was "restored" in the '80s but not very well and then "restored" again in the '90s but still not back to 100%. The tail light lenses are really bad. To the point I had considered making a set from sheet plastic but I couldn't get the tiny chrome strips in to my satisfaction. They're not the same thickness all the way through, they get thinner at the back so they leave a noticeable gap when installed. I have an earlier rear bumper from before it was made into a race car and the lenses fit as poorly in that as they do the current part. One thing to remember is the chrome on the lenses of a GTO pretty well hide the red of the lens. I think this is one case where if AMT has of molded the lens in with the rest of the part it would have been better than a separate part. The strait red lenses were on the Tempests and lower level cars. Not really right for a GTO

His decals are quite nice but remember to put a coat of clear over them to protect them I pretty well ruined the white stripes on my '74 Duster trying to clean a smudge off it after it was applied to the car.

Yea, the front and rear was re-done a couple times. The last time is better than the late '80s redo but still not right. The headlights should be completely inside the fender trim. The rear is a bit better this time too as the "PONTIAC" lettering was too big first redo, it's smaller now. The tail light lenses don't fit at all though. Mouled in the front of the hood scoop and rescribed the lines around it. They're supposed to be all body color, not with chrome trim like in the kit. That being said, this one was built from the last issue with photoetch emblems and wipers. Scale Finishes "Tiger Gold" paint and a vinyl roof. If I ever do another one I'll mold the rear of the roof to the tulip panel better. I thought the chrome trim would cover it but it's not 100%. Tires are old redlines from the parts box. I had originally built it with plans to putting it up on e-bay,, may still do that. Kit engine but I added the extra sheetmetal to the fenders to meet the inner fenders and the filler panel between the rad wall the grille header panel.

Keep in mind that the lenses on real square headlights like that are flat, not convex like on kits. They do them that way on kits to give the impression of a reflector behind the lens.

Bill, If I can make them from scratch, Im pretty sure you can.

What you need is a flood. Believe me, a flood is great at uncluttering up your work area.

There was also this full wheel cover. it's the best pic I can find right now of it .

These are the regular rally wheels Johnny mentions above. You can find them in all the AMT '72 Nova kits. I don't think they were available from the factory like in '69 but I bet a dealer could have been talked into installing a set of the Corvette style 5-slot rally wheels or a set of Magnum 500s easy enough to make a sale.

I'd say it's what GM called "Burgundy metallic" in '86. could also be "Canyon red" but it looks too purple to be that to me. The vinyl top material did come in "Canyon red" and I'd say that's what that one is.

Snake, you coule get Cragars with grey and black spokes in the past and they do sell them again now so paint away, no need to call them "knock-offs"

The kit also comes with a stock flat hood.

My point was Art, that "those in the know" said that both those kits would never see the light of day and would never sell as little as 10 years ago. I'm not going to waste my time trying to convince anyone here that a '75 Chevelle or a '77 Daytona or anything else from any era would sell and could be done with multiple versions because those who don't think they could won't listen and would just say it won't work and I'd be just "preach'n to the choir" to those who do think they'd sell .

They look good. I have a couple kits from them so I'm not surprised though. Nice to see the plating being available too.